House Democrats rebuffed a dramatic personal appeal from President Obama on Friday, torpedoing his ambitious push to expand his trade negotiating power — and, quite likely, his chance to secure a legacy-defining trade accord spanning the Pacific Ocean. In a remarkable rejection of a president they have resolutely backed, House Democrats voted to kill assistance to workers displaced by… Read more »

By Matt Laslo  Monday, June 15, 2015 | Washington, DC | Permalink Ami Bera won re-election by a razor-thin margin in the most expensive House race in the nation in the last cycle. The honeymoon period was short and the attacks on him have been harsh. Though he’s a Democrat it’s actually not coming from his right, but from the left, because he supports the president’s trade… Read more »

The good news for trade supporters is that House Republicans just bought themselves more time to complete their agenda. The bad news is they still don't know what to do with it. The House punted on a stalled trade deal Monday, leaving President Obama's key domestic-policy priority unresolved, just days after the chamber shot down a key piece of the deal. The House Rules Committee… Read more »

GOP leaders have no good options as they scramble to resuscitate a trade package that is critical to President Obama’s economic agenda. Congressional Republicans and Obama suffered a jarring defeat on Friday, when trade opponents voted down a workers’ aid bill in a bid to scuttle a larger Senate-passed package that would pave the way for a sweeping trade pact with Japan, Vietnam and nine… Read more »

POR: LUIS SUÑER 14 / JUNIO / 2015 El congresista federal por el distrito 28, Henry Cuéllar, envió un comunicado donde le da seguimiento a la llegada de los dos helicópteros Sikorsky UH 60 conocidos como Blackhawk (halcón negro) que serán parte del Departamento de Protección de Aduanas y Fronteras de los Estados Unidos (por sus siglas en inglés CBP) en sus operaciones de… Read more »

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U.S. Representative Henry Cuellar said he expected 25 to 30 fellow Democrats to approve fast track trade authority in a vote on Friday in the House of Representatives. "My guess has always been, I said this a month ago, that we'll be between 25 and 30," he said on Thursday when asked how many Democrats would support the fast-track authority that would clear the way for a sweeping Pacific… Read more »

Obama to Make Capitol Hill Plea on Trade Bill   WASHINGTON--Facing uncertain prospects in a series of crucial votes in the House, President Barack Obama made a rare trip to Capitol Hill Friday morning to urge Democrats to stand with him on trade. A House Democratic aide said Mr. Obama would stop by the House Democratic caucus Friday morning--shortly before lawmakers begin voting… Read more »

WASHINGTON—Facing uncertain prospects in a series of crucial votes in the House, President Barack Obama made a rare trip to Capitol Hill Friday morning to urge Democrats to stand with him on trade. A House Democratic aide said Mr. Obama would stop by the House Democratic caucus Friday morning—shortly before lawmakers begin voting on a bill that would grant the president… Read more »